While doing a little Google hopping for that Amy Winehouse documentary post, I came across these quotes that Britney Spears supposedly gave to Hello! Magazine. There is only one(ish) problem. I simply can not see Brit-Brit being this frank. But in pursuit of truth, justice and the American way, I figured letting y’all decide is the right thing to do. Here goes nothing!

“A lot of people thought maybe I wouldn’t make it. People thought I was finished, didn’t they? I guess for a while last year it looked that way,” Britney told Hello! (via). “Nothing I can do about the past, I guess. But I’m hoping to prove them wrong now. And I have really put everything I have into this new show.”

Now, where was this sort of clarity during her “On the Record” documentary, because that two-hour orgy of self-congratulations and cheese grits could have used a lot more candid chats like this one. Britney goes on to say, “I’m not sad anymore. I was just so sad for so long, but not anymore. And you know what? That feels really, really good.”